At last the unused and the date-expired Methyl powder, the source of the toxic gas, was dumped under the ground. The fire service personnel extinguished the fire. Commissioner of Barisal City Corporation (BCC) K M Shahidullah and Regional Controller of Food Tabibul Huda (Bangladesh) said that after more 100 children, aged men and women had become sick and at the objections of suffocation and bad smell emitted, the local people and the authorities concerned changed the decision and dumped the toxic material under the ground instead of burning.